Grand Rapids MI

Find out which Grand Rapids landmarks residents love most and why they’ve become part of the city’s identity.

Property owners in Cascade Township are voicing opposition to proposed zoning changes they say would limit their property rights and restrict development.

A Grand Rapids nonprofit is developing housing for the first time in its 23-year history with 14 single-family homes on vacant south side parcels, including four land bank lots. Seeds of Promise is under contract to acquire 13 parcels from three different entities for an approximately $3.8 million scattered site...

Jeff Lamborne is turning an unusual challenge into an opportunity by converting a vacant car wash into his new Farm Bureau insurance office.

Just off I-96 between Grand Rapids and the lakeshore, the Coopersville & Marne Railway offers a timeless slice of American railroading. This volunteer-driven heritage railroad operates restored vintage coaches and classic diesel power over a roughly seven-mile stretch of track between the small towns of Coopersville...

ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI — Police have identified the drivers of two vehicles that crashed on U.S. 131 after one of the drivers traveled the wrong way on the highway. The crash happened in the early morning of Sunday, Nov. 2, killing four people and seriously injuring two others, the Allegan County Sheriff’s Office said.

A woman charged with felony murder for an arson fire that killed her 12-year-old daughter has been found competent to stand trial, setting the stage for upcoming court hearings that could put her in prison for life.

For several years, Chicago has led the country as the rattiest city in America. Los Angeles ranks number one for rats, but Michigan has 3 cities in the rattiest top 50.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The former bookkeeper at a non-profit agency that helped preschool children was sentenced to four years, six months in federal prison for conspiring to embezzle $1,170,935. Sharon Killebrew, 70, former director of finance at the now-closed Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative, or ELNC, was...

John Bacon's new book, "The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald," takes a detailed look at that evening, telling the story of the ship, the 29 men who died when she sank and the families they left behind.